SHIMLA: In a bid to revamp and recharge its dwindling cadre to prepare the grand old Congress Party for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, All India Congress Committee President Sonia Gandhi today constituted six Coordination Panels.
The Panels will prepare “hard papers ” on six broad subjects for discussion on the three days long Chintan Shivirs starting from May 13 to May 15 in Udaipur in Rajasthan.
Interestingly, none of the Gandhi scions- AICC General Secretary, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - are included in these Coordination Panels. “Idea of the panels is to go to the “Heart of the Matter” during the three days long Chintin Shivirs at Udaipur to come out with a" revamp map" for the Party”, the party sources said.
AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal released the list of the panels to media in Delhi on Tuesday. These panels will prepare paper and lead the discussion on each subjects during the Chintin Shivir at Udaipur on May 13, 14 and May 15.
Congress seeks to prepare the road map for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by first “churning out some Amrit from the troubled ocean”. The social media is agog with talks that the election Strategist Prashant Kishore is in the loop to do some soul-searching for the party to suggest some tips to put it at the fore front, sources said.
Political Panel
The top nine-member Political Coordination Penal will be headed by its Convenor Mallikarjun. Its other members are Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ashok Chavan, N Uttam Kumar Reddy, Dr Shashi Tharoor, Gaurav Gogoi, Saptgiri Sankar Ulaka, Pawan Khera, Dr Ragini Nayak.
The penal will prepare papers on “political scenario” checking out nitty gritty of the party to lead discussion during the Chintan Shivir.
Then there will be nine members Social Justice and Empowerment Panel. Its Convenor will be Salman Khurshid. Other members are Meira Kumar, Digvijay Singh, Kumari Selja, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Nabam Tuki, Narambhai Rathwa, Auto Antony, K Raju.
“Its territory is to bring out the paper on scenario and status of social justice issues related to Dalits, minorities, under-privileged sections, tribals and the like”, sources said.
Economy and Organisation
The Third Panel will be Economy whose Convenor is P Chidambaram. Others panelists are Siddaramaiah, Anand Sharma, Sachine Pilot, Manish Tiwari, Prof Rajeev Gowda, Praniti Shinde, Prof Gourav Vallabh, Supriya Shrinate.
The Fourth eight-member Panel will prepare paper on Organisation and its Convenor is Mukul Wasnik. Other Panelists are Ajaya Makan Tariq Anwar, Ramesh Chennithala, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary, Netta D’souza and Meenakshi Natarajan.
Farmers and Agriculture
The fifth nine-member Panel will be on Farmers and Agriculture. Its convenor is Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Other panelists are TS Singhdeo. Shaktosinh Gohil, Nana Patole, Pratap Singh Bajwa, Arun Yadav, Dr Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Geeta Kora, Ajay Kumar Lalllu.
The sixth 10-member coordination panel will be on Youth and Empowerment headed by its Convenor Amrinder Singh Warring. Other panelists are BV Srinivas, Neeraj Kundan, Krishna Byre Gowda, Krishna Allavaru, Alka Lamba, Roji M. John, Abhishek Dutt, Karishma Thakur and Angkita Dutta.
According to the sources the Congress is seized of the matter after its thorough debacle in four state Assembly elections in UP, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. Congress seeks to accomplish its “mission comeback” in Himachal Pradesh and even in Gujarat” likely to go to polls this year to pay back the BJP in the same coin”, asserted the leaders.
